Broberg focuses her practice on representing local businesses and financial institutions as general counsel for their business services and general transactional and litigation needs. She received her law degree from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law in 2005. Wakefield assists clients with a variety of transactions, including loan documentation for financial institutions, securities transactions, loan workouts, acquisition of a financial institution, development of waste-to-energy facilities and development of grain-importing facilities as a joint venture of several agricultural clients. He received his law degree cum laude from Arizona State University College of Law in 1990.

Meyer is a member of the firm’s litigation group. His practice is focused in the areas of commercial, real-estate and construction litigation, as well as providing general counsel to businesses in their day-to-day operations. He received his law degree from the University of Iowa in 2002. Van Zanen litigates commercial matters typically involving real-estate, securities, director and officer liability, employment matters, commercial torts and creditors’ rights. He received his law degree from ASU College of Law in 2001.

Love is a member of the firm’s litigation group. He has practiced general civil litigation since 1996 handing matters involving personal injury, mass tort, premises liability, products liability, medical malpractice and commercial litigation. He received his law degree from the University of San Diego in 1996.

Cross has practiced in Arizona for more than 25 years, primarily in the areas of business, banking and real-estate law. She received her law degree from ASU College of Law in 1983. Hamilton practices in the areas of education law, business and government litigation, employment and labor law, administrative law, professional licensing, and public procurement law. She received her law degree from the University of South Dakota School of Law in 2008. Calderon practices in the areas of education law, mediation law, employment law counseling and investigations, appellate law, commercial litigation, administrative law, public-procurement law, construction law and professional-licensing law. He is a member of the American Law Institute; a founding fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America; and is a fellow of the American Bar Foundation. He received his law degree from the University of Arizona College of Law in 1982.

Brewer joined as an associate. Before joining the firm, he worked for 15 years at the Arizona Legislative Council as a council attorney, drafting legislation in the areas of taxation, labor, immigration and welfare. He will practice with the nonprofit practice group serving faith-based non-profit organizations, churches, ministries and secular non-profit organizations. And, he will assist clients with legislative-bill drafting and advise political-campaign committees regarding election law and campaign finance. Brewer received his law degree from ASU in 1998.

Promotions and hires

Helen R. Davis, a senior member of the Cavanagh Law Firm in Phoenix, has joined the East Valley Hospitals Community Board (for Chandler Regional Hospital and Mercy Gilbert Medical Center) as a board member. Her practice focuses on commercial litigation and family law. Davis received her law degree cum laude from Arizona State University College of Law in 1997.

Brad Dunn joined Sanders & Parks in Phoenix as an associate in the general civil litigation practice. He received his law degree from Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law in 2011. He also received an MBA from Loyola University in 2005.

Bryan Blehm and Abe Bowman have been promoted to senior counsel at Bowman and Brooke in Phoenix. Blehm focuses on defending manufacturers in complex product-liability litigation. He received his law degree summa cum laude from the University of Arizona College ofLaw in 2005. Bowman is a trial attorney with experience defending high-profile product-liability and complex civil-litigation cases for major automotive manufacturers, industrial product manufacturers and skilled-nursing facilities. He received his law degree from the University of Oregon School of Law in 2004.

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